Atheists don’t even exist 

Virgil Garcia

Riddle me this dear questioner

Let’s assume you were born to caucasion parents some where in the American south, and were some one who identify as religious

I’d say at that point it’s a safe assumution that you are some variety of Christian Protestant

But let’s say instead that we assume you were born to parents in India, and identify as religious

Well it’s probably safe to assume your some flavor of Hindu

Now let’s assume instead that you were born in the middle east. Depending on the exact locality, it’s probably safe to assume your a Muslim or a Jew

Don’t you find it strange, that people’s religious affiliations trend to the region they were born in and the parents that raised them?

Also, is it not strange, that while many religions claim to be the one truth, note one of them have managed to win over all the believers of different faiths yet?

All sounds like it might all be hogwash, and a prerequisite for religious faith might just be that most of us would have to he taught religion when we were young and impressionable

But wait.. would that not be the very definition of indoctrination…?

This matter might require further research.., but really.. no it doesn’t. An objective observer probably allready knows the anwser here

Just saying…

Robert Wong · May 15

Obviously those people who purportedly “think” for themselves don’t really know how to think. Do you look for evidence of a Creator? What evidence if any do you rely on? I too will become a believer if the so-called Creator appear before me and show himself/herself to perform some miracles like magicians! I have never seen a Creator, have you? Do you hear him/her speak to you? I would be really worried if I were to hear voices in my head, I would go to see a psychiatrist immediately. How can an intelligent person believe in an invisible, inaudible creature called Creator? Do you believe in ghosts? Have you seen one? The same reasoning should apply to a ghost! Every baby born is a non-believer, until some moron of a parent indoctrinates the baby. Do you agree? If not, please give me your reasonings for a “thinking” person.

Erik Frebold · May 17

Hi Robert. Good points, but I think they may fall on deaf ears.

1. Many flavours of religion come with a self-inoculating bias in the form of “faith”, i.e. the concept that looking for evidence constitutes “doubt” which is axiomatically sinful.

2. Religion is also often axiomatically set up as immune to scientific inquiry, since it’s something people claim they just “feel”, which puts it into the realm of de gustibus non disputandum est (there’s no arguing about tastes).

3. And finally, there’s a reasonable argument that many humans, no matter the rational potential they have inherited, are also perversely the inheritors of a “god shaped hole” psychologically. This is the notion that, independent of the actual existence of a god or gods, there may have at some point in early human evolution been a benefit to belief in some sort of deity shared collectively, to encourage some sort of useful collective action, individual altruism, or even just to stave off learned helplessness under trial.

Lofi God · Mon

Gods have always been apart of civilizations to explain unexplained events. Greeks, Aztec, etc. Its just some deviated

Dwight Fitch · May 31

Again,an apologist is posing an assertion as a question. You may actually think you know god exists,but non believers have no reason to think that you actually know that

Nathan Schwartz · May 16

I’m going to take a marginally more charitable position. I don’t think theists have a choice but to believe what they do any more than an atheist has a choice not to believe. Whether by design or parental and societal influence, it seems to me we’re all hard-wired to believe as we do.

As an atheist, I can’t accept as a matter of faith the existence of an unseen, benevolent force, watching over us, protecting us, and lovingly punishing us with eternal damnation for our transgressions. I am hard-wired to seek evidence, then reject the proposition when no such evidence is advanced.

I think theists are similarly hard-wired, but to accept without evidence the existence of that unseen force.

We are who we are.

Nicholas Conder · Jun 3

You might want to look up several atheist scientists who converted to Christianity or became agnostic. It happens a lot, especially when they really start looking at the “nuts and bolts” of what they are looking at. One example of this is Fred Hoyle.

Michael Miller · May 23

…”not one of them”…

Mark Binfield · May 15

No, see, what you’re overlooking is that the world works differently depending on where you live. In India, there are many gods like Shiva and Ganesha, so of course most people are Hindu. In the United States, you go to hell if you aren’t some flavor of Christian, so it’s no surprise that most religious people are Christian. It doesn’t make any sense to be Hindu in the United States….If you want to be Hindu and don’t want to go to Hell, you should move to India.

Vidar Myhre · May 16

If you are a Hindu in the USA, you are already in Hell. 🤣🤣🤣

Gary · May 19

Can pimples think for themselves?

Dan Kelley · Jun 6

Yes! You have it. That is exactly what we think. No sarcasm.